Despite our reduced events and unsure reopening/curfew/re-confinement, we’ve still managed to fill our pages with interesting stories and things to do. And with our distribution points still closed, we’ve done another double issue, so if you understand German, it’s a 2-for-1 magazine! Here's an overview of this issue from the editor.

Nice is preparing for its first large-scale contemporary art fair in years. The Nice Art Expo 2021 International Exhibition is scheduled to take place in early April. But what seems like a corporate-sized event was actually started by a young, local artist. 

This Friday, for international arrivals to England, including UK nationals, it will be mandatory to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test carried out no more than 3 days before departure. This measure will apply from 4 am GMT on Friday 15 January and is in addition to already established travel protocols and is in addition to already established travel protocols, including the completed 'Passenger locator form'. 

The Alpes-Maritimes’ first ‘Vaccinodrome’ has opened in Cannes in order to facilitate a much more rapid and vast distribution of the new Covid-19 Vaccine. Long closed to the masses of festival and congress attendees, the Palais des Festivals has once again reopened its doors, this time to give Covid jabs.

In the small seaside town of Golfe-Juan, this family-run bistro and wine bar is a cherished local favourite. Run by Julien Rives, his wife Cristelle and their two daughters, Fanny and Margot, Le 61 Bar à Vin serves a small selection of great food and wine. The RI editor takes you inside, revealing her secret spot for the best burger.

What do you get when you mix luxury pastry with luxury cars? A pretty sweet partnership! Why not ring in the New Year with a Gallette des roi made by Neron Patissier, while having a gander at one of the rarest cars in the world? Our favourite Glacier and patisserie, Neron has just made an exclusive partnership with Monaco Luxury Group, who presents McLaren and Aston Martin in the Principality. After all, where else on the earth does the finest of French cuisine marry so easily with the fastest luxury cars? Monaco, of course.

Another legend has left us, this time from the world of fashion... but also a visionary in art and architecture as well. Pierre Cardin, the great couturier, designer and businessman Pierre Cardin died near Paris on 29 December 2020 at the age of 98. From the reporter for our German magazine, RivieraZeit, Rolf Liffers describes the impact his unstoppable man had on the world.

For the city of Cannes, it is more important than ever that the new year brings with it the hope of a return to joy and culture. To symbolise this passage, David Lisnard, mayor of Cannes, chose to display the mischievous and seductive face of the great Sean Connery on the symbolic cap of the Palais des Festivals et Congrès.